tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076749898853972198.post4289763784704394094..comments2024-03-08T20:52:44.759-08:00Comments on In Search of a Title: The ObviousGraciewildehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00142582724233027386noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076749898853972198.post-31289071528776141152012-03-19T21:27:03.372-07:002012-03-19T21:27:03.372-07:00Your tales of going to the small-town library remi...Your tales of going to the small-town library remind me of the itty-bitty library in the town we lived in when I was 11 and 12, population around 1000. The library was in an otherwise abandoned school building--second floor. I can remember exactly what it smelled like inside the building and inside the library particularly. I also remember that I taught myself to ride my dad's ten-speed bike with no hands that summer primarily so I could read <i>on the way home</i> from the library. You already know about my penchant for getting all gushy about books, though. ;)Masked Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197019009052401812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076749898853972198.post-31343785755522407022012-03-19T21:23:41.417-07:002012-03-19T21:23:41.417-07:00Yay! ;)Yay! ;)Masked Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197019009052401812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076749898853972198.post-59379890256806880172012-03-18T08:49:29.124-07:002012-03-18T08:49:29.124-07:00I love to read and have eclectic tastes in books, ...I love to read and have eclectic tastes in books, too. I get so sad when a student tells me he/she "hates reading." How can a person take advantage of college with an attitude like that? To me, it's like saying I hate breathing.<br />Reading brings me so much, including joy, that I can't imagine a life without it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01468655681800817415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076749898853972198.post-6719003005245055142012-03-18T08:21:02.795-07:002012-03-18T08:21:02.795-07:00JT, here is a list of some recent selections. It...JT, here is a list of some recent selections. It usually takes us a couple of months per book, and then we switch houses for who will be dinner host. Mills (Pauline's doctor) and Suzanne Matheson, and Tom and mary Allen are the others.................we all have very different tastes!<br /> Cutting for Stone; Abraham Verghese<br /> Four Fish; Paul Greenberg<br /> The Highest Tide; Jim Lynch<br /> The Other Side of the Bridge; Mary Lawsen<br /> The Reader; Bernard Schlink<br /> The Help; Kathryn Stockett<br /> The Captain; Jan Hartog <br /> Little Bee; Chris CleaveNoelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07773292432856113973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076749898853972198.post-60212327275442027292012-03-18T06:06:59.548-07:002012-03-18T06:06:59.548-07:00What are some of the recent books your group has r...What are some of the recent books your group has read? What have you enjoyed from that selection?Graciewildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00142582724233027386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076749898853972198.post-74963886297397526042012-03-18T06:06:11.805-07:002012-03-18T06:06:11.805-07:00I have enjoyed books on tape when I am driving som...I have enjoyed books on tape when I am driving somewhere but I don't do that much. At home, I prefer silence to anything else so reading is wonderful.Graciewildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00142582724233027386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076749898853972198.post-7327968469826196172012-03-17T19:43:52.351-07:002012-03-17T19:43:52.351-07:00My reading has taken a turn I would have never pre...My reading has taken a turn I would have never predicted. Since I began working up in Trinity County, with a 4 & 1/2 hour commute each way, every week, there is plenty of opportunity to listen to books on CD. Olga is quite the Saturday Morning Library buff, and, a couple times a month she brings home a variety of books that she suspects I might like. She knows me pretty well, too, I might add. The outcome is that I have read some very amazing fiction and non fiction books in the last few years. Additionally, she "dragged" me into joining a couple's book club. (Richard and Bernadette are one of the four couples) We have had a blast having dinner and discussions focused on the book of that particular session. Yes, JT, reading is fun. I too remember that children's library with some fond memories. Nice post!Noelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07773292432856113973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076749898853972198.post-41164450000835264382012-03-17T16:15:40.424-07:002012-03-17T16:15:40.424-07:00Reading was one of my favorite, favorite things to...Reading was one of my favorite, favorite things to do. Audible.com has made me lazy now. I prefer to have someone read to me. But I would like to get back to seeing the words, if I could only manage to sit still and do only one thing at a time.lyndagracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530605081989558341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076749898853972198.post-33389573754073075322012-03-17T13:00:21.298-07:002012-03-17T13:00:21.298-07:00Oh, I know exactly what you mean. I do other thin...Oh, I know exactly what you mean. I do other things and use reading as the reward. But someday there won't be other things - like working....Graciewildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00142582724233027386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076749898853972198.post-37296575494027510632012-03-17T12:57:21.239-07:002012-03-17T12:57:21.239-07:00Yay! Was I finally successful at my months long e...Yay! Was I finally successful at my months long endeavors to remove word verification? I have been investigating al the routes - did I finally find the right one?Graciewildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00142582724233027386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076749898853972198.post-91096273476763805802012-03-17T12:07:36.940-07:002012-03-17T12:07:36.940-07:00I'd like to read more--often seems that I do e...I'd like to read more--often seems that I do everything else first, and don't get to the reading part of my day. That's me, I think, putting off doing the "no value" activity, the non productive bit. I usually do the other stuff first. My priorities have always been a little off.Matt O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01470990398642346416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076749898853972198.post-87006339626780028152012-03-17T10:52:34.158-07:002012-03-17T10:52:34.158-07:00Hey, we don't have to do verification words he...Hey, we don't have to do verification words here. Maybe I'll just do twelveteen short comments!Mark O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295762252612104201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076749898853972198.post-11234009245740650852012-03-17T10:51:35.447-07:002012-03-17T10:51:35.447-07:00Let's face it; without readers, where would wr...Let's face it; without readers, where would writers be?Mark O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295762252612104201noreply@blogger.com